Abington was established from part of the town of Bridgewater by order of the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1712. The towns of Rockland and Whitman (South Abington) were split off from Abington in 1874 and 1875 respectively per order of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The town is in Plymouth County.

Our town hall is 19 miles south, south east of Boston City Hall.It is a quick 25 minute commuter rail ride to Boston.

Abington has a Town Meeting form of government with a strong town manager position as established by our new town charter approved by the General Court of the Commonwealth on August 9, 2004.

This site contains in excess of 100 web pages of information and links relating to the town of Abington.

There is a link to the official town web.Click on "Abington Links" on the left.